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In South Africa more than 6,000 people have been displaced and 70 known to have been killed due to the floods. This number is expected to rise as police continue to search for an unknown number of missing persons. Eight of the country's nine provinces have been declared disaster areas, allowing for
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196:, red alerts were issued along several of the country's rivers as they neared flood stage. An estimated 13,000 people have been evacuated and at least 13 are known to have been killed. Fearing a repeat of the
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1 billion ($ 145 million US$ ). Property damage was also estimated at $ 52 million. An estimated 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) of agricultural land has been affected by the floods.
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began evacuating on 19 January as the river rose to its alert level. In some areas, the river has topped its banks, flooding dozens of hectares of crops. According to
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351:"South Africa flood death toll rose as government declared 33 disaster zones"
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590:Booster Mogapi (19 January 2011).
455:Nkepile Mabuse (18 January 2011).
315:Staff Reporter (23 January 2011).
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565:"Limpopo Above Flood Alert Level"
419:Donate A Goat (18 January 2011).
49:2010–2011 Southern African floods
779:2010–2011 Southern Africa floods
563:Staff Writer (19 January 2011).
481:Staff Writer (15 January 2011).
387:Staff Writer (18 January 2011).
349:Smith, David (24 January 2011).
317:"Five killed in Masvingo floods"
279:AFP, iAfrica (24 January 2011).
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103:2010–2011 Southern Africa floods
946:2023 African Great Lakes floods
903:2022 Kasese District landslides
617:Felix Njini (14 January 2011).
537:Mike Cohen (18 January 2011).
485:. United Press International.
18:2010–11 Southern Africa floods
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1109:Natural disasters in Botswana
1104:Natural disasters in Zimbabwe
200:, residents living along the
1114:Natural disasters in Namibia
829:2019–2020 Congo River floods
789:2015 Southeast Africa floods
763:Early 2000 Madagascar floods
122:declared 33 disaster zones.
281:"Flood death toll hits 123"
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65:South Africa, Mozambique,
913:2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods
845:2020 African Sahel floods
824:2019 Durban Easter floods
814:2016–2017 Zimbabwe floods
682:1908 Port Elizabeth flood
956:2023 Western Cape floods
951:2023 South Africa floods
898:2022 Eastern Cape floods
883:2022 Antananarivo floods
692:1987 South Africa floods
120:South African government
850:2020 East Africa floods
804:2016 Johannesburg flood
753:2009 West Africa floods
149:South African Air Force
1099:Floods in South Africa
1034:2010s floods in Africa
619:"Nam ready for floods"
596:Government of Botswana
543:Bloomberg Businessweek
198:2000 Mozambique floods
43:considered for merging
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723:2000 Mozambique flood
687:1981 Laingsburg flood
1094:Floods in Mozambique
1084:2011 in South Africa
1059:2010 in South Africa
908:2022 Kinshasa floods
799:2016 Ethiopian flood
621:. The Southern Times
57:December 2010 – 2011
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743:2008 Namibia floods
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